A couple years ago - I think it was the weekend before Labor Day - Irish and I wanted to go to Redamak's https://www.redamaks.com/ and drove up to New Buffalo. We planned on driving by the beach and turning around (it costs to park and since we were only taking a quick look we didn't plan on parking in the first place), which just takes a couple ( Read more... )

I've started 2 different entries and bored myself, so I'm just popping in to say hi and I'm still around and absolutely am not taking another year-plus break! Have a great weekend everyone ( Read more... )

This is a photo looking at the sunset over Lake Michigan at the Holland State Park in Holland, Michigan (you can see the lighthouse, Big Red, on the left side of the photo). I did not take this photo; it's from a Facebook page I've liked called Michigan Beach Towns. This is the only attribution I saw on the page: 📷 @tmcd.chi - michiganbeachtowns. ( Read more... )

Irish is watching the History Channel and a show called The States just came on about 15 minutes ago - and the ep is about Michigan. I love my home state. It's a cool episode (not that I'm biased or anything...) - check it out sometime.

Oh, now they've moved on the Tennessee - Graceland!

Or would it be chronological dissonance - is that even a concept? Last weekend Irish and I went to a very small (and free) renaissance faire at Grand Valley State University not far from Holland and Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was a two-day faire, so we reserved a hotel room in Holland in case we wanted to go back on Sunday. We didn't - in fact, ( Read more... )

The Lions won a football game! Yay! (And it's about time.)

- first learned this in 3rd Grade. It's a little poem about my home state (which is not Indiana, even though I've lived here for a long time - I'm from Michigan and hope to return there to live some day ( Read more... )

I haven't been missing, just not writing. Been reading, though I'm behind (as usual!) and am playing catch up.

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(gakked from nwhepcatYep, born in Michigan, raised there till I was 13, then moved to northern Indiana (that is, seven miles from the Michigan state line). I didn't move out of the Great Lakes area till I was 22 and that was only for four years. This time I've been away for six and will probably be heading back in about six months ( Read more... )